Speed-governor



W. JOHNSON.

SPEED GOVERNOR.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY so. 1919.

1,371,767. Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Wer-mer- Johnson,

His .lttoI-ney.

UNITED STATES PATENT. oFFice.

f'WERNER JOHNSON, 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 GENERAL ELECTRIC l COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SPEED-GOVERNOR.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WERNER JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at L nn, in the county of Essex, State of lV assachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in Speed-Governors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to speed governors for use in connection with revolving shafts for Vregulating the machine of which the shaft forms a part and has for its object to provide an improved structure and arrangement in a governor of this type.

For a consideration of what I believe to be novel and my invention, attention is directed to the accompanying description and the claims appended thereto. In the drawing, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a governor embodying Amy invention, Fig. 2 lis an end view of certain parts; Fig. 3- is a perspective view 'of certain parts; Fig. 4 shows the governor as used in connection with a turbine, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view through a ball and socket joint. y

Referring to the'drawing, 5 indicates a shaft, which may be a' turbine shaft, forexample, and 6 a governor hub lixed tothe end of the shaft and rotating therewith. Fastened to governor hub 6 by mea-nsof bolts 7 is a governor casing 8 and clamped between the casing and the hub are diametrically opposedknife edges 9 and 10. Lo-

cated inside casing 8 are two bell cranklevers comprising arms 11 and 12, the bell crank levers being provided at their elbows, with V-shaped lseats resting on knife edges 9 and 10. Arms 11 form the governor weights and they are provided with enlargedends in which are openings or holes 13 into which additional weights may be put to give'the desired mass to such parts. Arms 12 are in the form of `flat plates provided with holes at their centers to lighten the structure and at their ends they have teeth 14 which mesh with teeth 15 on the surface of a rectangular block 16. YBlock 16 is pro? vided with a socket in which is located a ball 17 on the inner'end of a hollow connecta pin 17a (F ig. 5) which passesthrough a theaxis of the shaft. Within'housing Specification of Letters Patent. Patented luigi- 15, 1921, Application filed July 30, 1919. Serial No. 314,338.

' hole 17b in the ball. The clearancebetween pin 17a and hole 17b is made large'to permit connecting-rod 18 to take its own position and also to allow lubricant which is supplied to the interior of the ball as hereinafter explained, to reach the surface of the ball. Member 19' has a central opening throughv which connecting rod 18 passes.

The outer end of connecting rod 18 extends i inside a housting 20a `on the end of a lever arm 21 which is pivoted on a stationary bracket 22 (Fig. .4) in such manner that it may oscilate in a vertical plane parallel to A 20a is a ball bearing 23 fastenedv to the end of connecting rod 18 so it Inayrotate in the housing with little friction. y

In casing 2()a opposite the end of connecting rod 18 is a hole which is normally closed by a plug 20". By removing plug 2Oa a squirt gun filled with lubricant may -be placed against the end of connecting rod 18 and lubricant forced through the hollow rod' into ball 17 to lubricate it.- This may be done when the governor is idle or when it is running and the arrangement` is of particular advantage in that it permits lubricant being supplied under the latter condition.

overnor casing 8 has an opening throughv which connecting rod '18 extends and surrounding this opening is a flange 24 threaded on its inner surface to receive a tubular adjusting nut 25. The inner end of nut 25 engages a shoulder 26 on a spring holder 27, and in'liange 24 are key-ways 28 in which pins 29' in spring holder 27 slide. This ar.- rangement permits spring holder 27 to move longitudinally of flange 24 but prevents it from turning. At' 24a is shown a suitable :lock nut for locking nuty 25 to flange 24. Surrounding connecting rod 18 is a governor spring 30 which at one end engages spring holder 20 and at the other end `spring holder i 27.- By turning adjusting nut 25, spring holder 27 can be moved toward'or away from spring holder 20 to adjust` the tension of governor spring 30.

With any governor spring whether a tension spring or a` compressor spring, the

elasticity varies in different convolutions 105 and also indifferent sections ofthe same convolution and in order that the governor weights will impart always an even pressure on the spring, I lock the two. bell crank levers together so both governor weights must valways move together and no relative change in their positions can take place Y. while the governor is in operation. /To this end l attach to lever arms l. 12 segmental jV gears 31 which mesh with Veach other and thereby lock lever arms l2 directly together. There are preferably meshing -gear segments 31 on leach side of ,the lever arms 12 and' they may be fastened thereto by rivets 31a. With this arrangement it is not, possible during operation for one governor weight to move more than the other thereby throwing the governor spring 30 out of alinement.

In Fig. 4 my improved governor is illustrated in connection with an elastic fluid turbine 33 havinga valve mechanism 34 for controlling the admission of elastic iuid to the turbine. The stem35of valve mecha# lnism 34 is connected to one. end of a lever arm 36 the other end df which is connected to lever arm 21. In other words, lever armstrifugal force pivoting on knife edges 9 and yl0 with the result that connecting rod 18 is moved axially thereby operating valve mechanism 34 through the intermediary of lever arms 21 and 36. Such movements of the governor weights and connecting rod are opposed by the governor-spring 30.

Owing to thefact that lever arms l2 areV locked together by gear segments 31, whichl means that the governor weights are locked together, one governor weight cannot move moreLl than the other to compress to a greater extent 'one side of spring 30 thereby throwing such spring out of alinement, but on the .contrary the one Weight will restrain the other and both will alwaysmove by the same amount.

It `will also be noted that can be very readily adjusted it being only attirer the governor necessary to turn adjusting nut 25 by means of a suitable tool.

ln accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes,l have described the principle of operation of my invention,` together with the apparatus which l now consider to rrepresent the best embodiment thereof, but l desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters vPatent of the United States, is

l. ln a governor, a shaft, pivot members carried thereby, bell. crank levers pivoted at their elbows on saidl pivot members, one arm of each lever extending in an axial direction and the other having teeth at its end,fa block having a socket in it, teeth on said block with which the teeth on said lever arms engage, meshing gear segments carried by said bell crank levers, a connecting rod having a ball at its inner end which fits said socket, said rod havingan axia opening which extends from its outer end and terminates in said ball, lubricant for said ball and socket being supplied through such axial opening, an adjustable spring holder, and a governor spring located between such holder and block.

2. ln a governor, a shaft; a casing carried by the shaft, said casing having an open end, a 'spring holder adj ustably mounted in said open end, pivot members in said casing, bell crank levers pivoted at their elbows on said pivot members, one arm of each lever extending in an axial direction andthe other having teeth at its end, a block having an open-sided socket in it= teeth on said block with which the teeth on said lever arms engage, a connecting rod having a .ball at its inner end which fits said socket, saidl rod having an axial opening which extends from its outer end and terminates inv saidball, lubricant for said ball Vand socket being supplied through said axial opening, and a governor spring located between said spring holder and block. ln witnesswhereof, l have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of July, 1919.

f. WERNER JoHNsoN. 

